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Sunday, December 13, 2009

Liberhan Commission

The Liberhan Commission is a long-running inquiry commissioned by the Indian government to investigate the destruction of the disputed structure Babri Mosque in Ayodhya in 1992.

                            Led by retired Indian Supreme Court Judge M S Liberhan, it was formed on 16 December 1992 by an order of the Indian Home Union Ministry following the demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya on 6 December and the riots in Ayodhya

                     The Commission was expected to submit its report within three months. Extensions were given forty-eight times, and after a delay of 17 years, the commission submitted the report to Prime Minister Manmohan on 30 June 2009 Singh. In November 2009, contents of the report were leaked to the news media, causing a row in the Indian parliament.



the Commission examined one hundred witnesses including


  1. Mark Tully, Journalist
  2. PR Kumaramangalam, Union Minister
  3. SB Chavan, Union Home Minister
  4. Uma Bharti, BJP leader
  5. KS Sudarshan, RSS leader
  6. Jyoti Basu, CPI(M) leader, member of the National Integration Council
  7. Murli Manohar Joshi, President, Bharatiya Janta Party, member of the Rajya Sabha
  8. LK Advani, Leader, Bharatiya Janta Party
  9. Vinay Katyar, Member of Parliament, Bharatiya Janta Party
  10. Vishnu Hari Dalmia, President, Vishwa Hindu Parishad
  11. VP Singh, Former Prime Minister, leader of Janta Dal
  12. Kalyan Singh, the then Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh
  13. PV Narasimha Rao, Prime Minister of India
  14. Tej Shankar, Supreme Court's observer in Ayodhya
  15. Arjan Singh, Union Cabinet Minister, Union Human Resource and Development
  16. Swami Sachidanand Sakshi, alias Sakshiji Maharaj, BJP Member of Parliament, Acharya of the Nirmal Panchayati Akhara, Haridwar
  17. Ashok Singhal, Leader, Vishwa Hindu Parishad
  18. Kalraj Mishra, President, Uttar Pradesh unit of Bharatiya Janta Party
  19. Mahant Paramhans Ramchander Das, President, Ram Janambhoomi Nyas
  20. Mulayam Singh Yadav, Former Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh
  21. Madhav Godbole, Union Home Secretary


Ayodhya debate
Babri Mosque
Ram Janmabhoomi
Archaeology
2005 Ram Janmabhoomi attack
Liberhan Commission
People and organizations
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
L. K. Advani
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Murli Manohar Joshi
Kalyan Singh
All India Babri Masjid Action Committee
Babur
Bharatiya Janata Party
Koenraad Elst

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